ACC ~ Romans 1 v6

DIFFERENT CALLINGS. ORIGEN: Paul is said to be called to be an apostle, and the Romans are also called, though not to be apostles. Rather they are called to be holy in the obedience of faith. We have already spoken above about the different callings.CoMMENTARY ON THE EPISTLE TO THE ROMANS.

CALLED AND SENT. AMBROSIASTER: This is by the mission of us who are preaching the name of Christ to all the nations, among whom you too have been called, because the gift of God has been sent to all, so that when they hear that they have been called along with others, they will know that they must not act as if they are under the law, since the other nations accepted the faith of Christ without the law of Moses. COMMENTARY ON PAUL’S EPISTLES.

INCLUDING YOURSELVES. APOLLINARIS OF LAODICEA: Paul says this in order to show that the Romans too, made up as they were of all the nations inhabiting the world, rightly accepted the preaching of his message. PAULINE COMMENTARY FROM THE GREEK CHURCH.

THE ROMANS WITH OTHERS. CHRYSOSTOM: Paul does not say that God called the others along with the Romans but the Romans along with the others. HOMILIES ON ROMANS 1.

SALVATION TO JEWS AND OTHERS. AUGUSTINE: Paul teaches here that this salvation had come not only to the Jews, as some Jewish Christians thought. RUDIMENTARY EXPOSITION OF THE EPISTLE TO THE ROMANS 6.

APPOINTED. THEODORET OF CYR: Paul tells them here that he is not doing anything improper, nor invading fields assigned to others, for God had appointed him to preach to the Gentiles. INTERPRETATION OF THE LETTER TO THE ROMANS.

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